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When I unwrapped my New York Times on Sunday, I was met with a surprise: A front-page, above-the-fold story about a young adult with autism. [More]

40 years after America declared war against cancer, a new reports shows the country is making progress against the disease. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on what we've accomplished and where the war is headed.

Since the mid-70s, the survival rate for most childhood cancers has climbed from 58 percent to 79 percent. Michelle Miller reports on the what's helping cancer's youngest victims win the battle.

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Trees falling on power lines caused a massive, record-breaking wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,600 homes in Central Texas, the Texas Forest Service reported on Tuesday. [More]

A child's ability to better withstand intensive cancer treatments than adults has led to higher cure rates

By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The deadly May 22 tornado in Joplin, Missouri caught many residents unprepared, partly because warnings issued that day were met with complacency and confusion, a federal report said on Tuesday. [More]

Flu season is just around the corner in the northern hemisphere. But for birds and pigs, it's flu season year round.

As Apple, we assume, gears up for a press event to reveal the iPhone 5--and possibly a handful of other innovations--the rumor mill spins up, and leaks from inside Apple reach the press. Here's what's going on: Leaked Parts A number of leaked parts purporting to show the partly disassembled guts of an updated iPhone have surfaced online

Twenty-two individuals will soon be a half-million dollars richer, having won this year’s so-called genius grants. [More]

Disease remains incurable and potentially deadly, though vaccines are safe and effective

Though polio is no longer major threat in U.S., it still is in several countries

When video gamers armed with the world's most powerful supercomputers take on science and its most vexing riddles, who wins?

Undersea vents are providing researchers with a possible view of the future as seawater becomes more acidic due to carbon dioxide emissions. [More]

Six Italian scientists and one government official are set to go to trial today in Italy (Sept. 20) on charges of manslaughter for not warning the public aggressively enough of an impending earthquake that killed more than 300 people in 2009. While such a trial is unlikely on U.S.

Help researchers study the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster by taking and submitting radiation readings [More]